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Experimental Study Of The Structure Of A Social Network And Human Dynamics In A Virtual Society

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  • ANDRZEJ GRABOWSKI

    (Central Institute for Labour Protection, National Research Institute, Czerniakowska 16, 00-701 Warsaw, Poland)

  • NATALIA KRUSZEWSKA

    (Institute of Mathematics and Physics, University of Technology and Life Sciences, 85-796 Bydgoszcz, Poland)

Abstract

We study a large social network consisting of3 × 104individuals, who interact in a large virtual world of Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs). On the basis of the players' list of friends and the playing time received from the on-line game server, we investigate the structure of the network and human dynamics. We try to show that the structure of this friendship network is very similar to the structure of different social networks. In order to investigate the relation between networks of acquaintances in virtual and real worlds, we carried out a survey among the players. We found very interesting scaling laws concerning human dynamics. Our research has shown how long people are interested in a single task, and how much time they devote to it. It is surprising that exponent values in both cases are close to minus one.

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  • Andrzej Grabowski & Natalia Kruszewska, 2007. "Experimental Study Of The Structure Of A Social Network And Human Dynamics In A Virtual Society," International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 18(10), pages 1527-1535.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijmpcx:v:18:y:2007:i:10:n:s0129183107011480
    DOI: 10.1142/S0129183107011480
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    1. Jiang, Zhi-Qiang & Ren, Fei & Gu, Gao-Feng & Tan, Qun-Zhao & Zhou, Wei-Xing, 2010. "Statistical properties of online avatar numbers in a massive multiplayer online role-playing game," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 389(4), pages 807-814.
    2. Yang, Yan-Hong & Xie, Wen-Jie & Li, Ming-Xia & Jiang, Zhi-Qiang & Zhou, Wei-Xing, 2017. "Statistical properties of user activity fluctuations in virtual worlds," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 105(C), pages 271-278.
    3. Grabowski, Andrzej, 2009. "Opinion formation in a social network: The role of human activity," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 388(6), pages 961-966.
    4. Yan, Qiang & Yi, Lanli & Wu, Lianren, 2012. "Human dynamic model co-driven by interest and social identity in the MicroBlog community," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 391(4), pages 1540-1545.

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